The navigator on a ship sailing on a course of 330 degrees at 15 miles per hour observes a lighthouse due to north of the ship. Twenty minutes later the lighthouse is already due east of the ship. What is the distance between them at that time?

The navigator on a ship sailing on a course of 330 degrees at 15 miles per hour observes a lighthouse due to north of the ship. Twenty minutes later the lighthouse is already due east of the ship. What is the distance between them at that time?

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